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Show National Forests AreRecreation Are * . Recreation Centers CentersSalt Salt Lake City , Sept l-U l U 1-U 1 l-UP l UP - ( P ) The American public , awakeningto . to the possibilities of the nationalforests national nationalforests forests as recreation centers , has hasvirtually hasvirtually virtuaBy virtually stampeded to them , , ac- ac according according ac according - cording to William Wi11Iam Atherton Du- Du DuPuy DuPuy Du-Puy Du Puy - - Puy , author of nature books , , .ho ho who whois , whois . .hois is making a survey of the national nationalforests nationalforests nationalforests forests for the federal government governmentwith governmentwith governmentwith with particular emphasis on the therecreational therecreational therecreational recreational aspects of the forestsT"ne forestsThe forests forestsThe The T"ne Tne " national forests are just justfinding justfinding justfinding finding themselves from a recrea recrea- recreational recreational recreational - - tional standpoint standpomt , . DuPuy said , , as asa asa asa a result of people finding fincling theIr theIrvalue theirvalue theirvalue I theIrI value as recreation centers The Thewhole Thewhole Thewhole whole migration mfgratIon of the public to tothe tothe tothe the national forests for vacatIons vacatIonshas vacationshas vacationshas has resulted in a cro crowded ded condi condi- condition condition condition - - tion withhICh with ' \ which \\hICh hICh the forest service servicehas servicehas servicelas has difficulty clifflculty in coping copmg copmgThroughout copingThroughout copingThroughout Throughout the country tIns this tInsmO'we thismove thismove mO'we mOwe move ' toward national forests by byacatIonists bytiacatronists byvacationists \acatIonists acatIonists tiacatronists \ is a comparatively new newthmg newthing newthing thmg thing resulting resultmg from the spread of ofnational ofnational ofnational national forests into 38 states inthe in inthe inthe the last four vears years vearsThe yearsThe vearsThe The demands upon the forests have havebeen havebeen havebeen been met to a large extent by ceo COO ceoorkers COOworkers CCOworkers \\orkers orkers workers ' \ who have aided the forest forestservice forestservice forestservice service in 111 providing facilities faclhtIes such suchas suchas suchas as safeater safe water \\ater ater \ , lavatories lavatones , places for forgarbage forgarbage forgarbage garbage disposal , outside stoves and ando andovens 0 o . ens , and dressing dressmg rooms around aroundlakes aroundlakes aroundlakesAlthough lakes lakesAlthough Although the use of natIonal natIonalforests nationalforests nationalforests forests as recreation centers is no nonew nonew nonew new thing tlung in the Rocky MOWltain Mountain MOWltainshtes Mountainstites Mountainstates shtes stites , DuPuy said that in other otherareas otherareas otherareas areas it , was \ as a new movement He HecIted Hecited Hecited cIted the fact hat 10 years ago agothere agothere agothere there were no national forests In Inthe inthe inthe the Great Lakes area while today todaythere todaythere todaythere there are 2 2000,000 2000000 000,000 000000 , acres where where'People wherepeople wherepeople 'People People ' are swarming s\\arming s arming \ in m ever e\er e er \ In- In Increasmg increasing in increasing - creasing creasmg numbersThe numbersThe numbers numbersThe The chief duties of the forest forestseroce forestservice forestservice seroce service in connection connectlon with the move moveare moveare moveare are opening of roads to the choicespots chOIce chOIcespots choicespots spots , and directing directmg people to the thebest thebest thebest best camping campmg locations Forest Forestplanting Forestplanting Forestplanting planting also plavs plajs plans a large part In Inthe inthe inthe the development delelopment of the area , Du- Du DuPu DuPuy - - , Puy Pu saIdAt saidAt said At the present time the planting plantingof of trees in m Ihe the fihe national forests is isgoing isgoing Isgoing going on in large areas throughout throughoutthe throughoutthe the country at a rate whIchas which \\as as was wasundreamed ' \ wasundreamed asundreamed undreamed of se\ se seti several seeral \ eral sears ) ears ago |